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drowning

/droun/US // draʊn //UK // (draʊn) //

溺水,淹没,淹死,溺水问题

Related Words

drench淋水,淋湿,浸透,淋雨go down下去,下来,下去了,下降inundate淹没,泛滥成灾,淹没了,泛滥immerse沉浸在,沉浸于,浸入,沉浸在其中soak浸泡,浸透,浸湿,泡澡flood淹没,水灾,洪水,泛滥成灾wipe out歼灭,扫除,歼灭战,消灭swamp沼泽地,沼泽,泥沼,沼泽地带suffocate窒息,窒息而死,噎死,窒息而亡sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦engulf吞噬,吞没,吞噬掉,吞并douse浇灌,浇水,浇灭,泼水asphyxiate窒息,窒息而死,窒息性,窒息而亡plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下deluge洪水,大洪水,洪灾,洪水泛滥overwhelm压倒性的,压倒,压制,压倒一切prostrate匍匐前进,平卧,匍匐前行,匍匐obliterate泯灭,抹去,销毁,湮灭souse宿舍overpower压倒,压倒性的,打倒,压倒一切

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to kill by submerging under water or other liquid.
    • : to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion: He drowned his sorrows in drink.
    • : to flood or inundate.
    • : to overwhelm so as to render inaudible, as by a louder sound.
    • : to add too much water or liquid to.
    • : to slake by covering with water and letting stand.
  1. 1
    • : drown in, to be overwhelmed by: The company is drowning in bad debts.to be covered with or enveloped in: The old movie star was drowning in mink.

Phrases

  • drown one's sorrows
  • drown out
  • like a drowned rat

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsubmerge in liquid; submerge and die
Synonyms
douse浇灌,浇水,浇灭,泼水drench淋水,淋湿,浸透,淋雨engulf吞噬,吞没,吞噬掉,吞并flood淹没,水灾,洪水,泛滥成灾go down下去,下来,下去了,下降immerse沉浸在,沉浸于,浸入,沉浸在其中inundate淹没,泛滥成灾,淹没了,泛滥sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦soak浸泡,浸透,浸湿,泡澡suffocate窒息,窒息而死,噎死,窒息而亡swamp沼泽地,沼泽,泥沼,沼泽地带wipe out歼灭,扫除,歼灭战,消灭asphyxiate窒息,窒息而死,窒息性,窒息而亡deluge洪水,大洪水,洪灾,洪水泛滥dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取obliterate泯灭,抹去,销毁,湮灭overcome克服,攻克,战胜,克服困难overflow溢出,溢出效应,溢出来的,溢出的overpower压倒,压倒性的,打倒,压倒一切overwhelm压倒性的,压倒,压制,压倒一切plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下prostrate匍匐前进,平卧,匍匐前行,匍匐sop啪啪啪,啪啪,啪,啪啪声souse宿舍stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死whelm喘息,喘气,喘息声,喘口气go under下去,下去了,下降,下来knock over撞倒,撞翻,撞倒了,打翻

Examples

  • Pa’Lante employs a network of local watchdog groups plugged into the communities it monitors, and creates accurate content that is meant to drown out mis- and disinformation.

  • Worrisomely, in our current age of anxiety and populist upheaval, such a message of restraint is easily drowned in the din of polarized outrage.

  • If you didn’t get drowned right away then it was just a matter of holding on and waiting for relief.

  • As Farah accelerated ahead, the crowd drowned out any chance of hearing the stadium announcers.

  • These five mistakes can drown even the most well-implemented YouTube promotion.

  • A: Well, I felt more or less like I was drowning, just gasping between life and death.

  • They want to hear, even as smaller artists are just dying to be heard, drowning in the streams.

  • California died in 1997 while rescuing his son from drowning in Hawaii.

  • Dr. Neal is a spine surgeon who made a trip to heaven while drowning in a kayak accident in South America.

  • They even alleged that some of the Sunni Muslims they killed were “drowning” in alcohol and drugs and had more than four wives.

  • If a husband were to see his wife drowning, what single letter of the alphabet would he name?

  • This man had often escaped drowning, and only recently upon the blessed day of last Pentecost.

  • A millionaire might offer more for a life belt as a souvenir than a drowning man could pay for it to save his life.

  • On the wash-stand a spangled white tulle hat lay drowning in a basin half full of water.

  • A fifty-mile breeze lashed us spitefully, tugging at our shirt-sleeves and drowning our voices, while we halted on that pinnacle.

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